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Exploring for gold and copper in Australia 1 A PRECIOUS AND BASE METAL EXPLORATION COMPANY 1

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Page 1: A PRECIOUS AND BASE METAL - rockfireresources.com · Copperhead Project Soil auger geochemistry. COPPERHEAD –BROAD, SURFACE COPPER ANOMALY ROCKFIRE 21 • 5 holes drilled by Carpentaria

Exploring for gold and copper in Australia

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A PRECIOUS AND BASE METAL EXPLORATION COMPANY

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Important Information

This presentation has been prepared by Rockfire Resources plc (“ROCK” or the

“Company”). It should not be considered as an offer or invitation to subscribe for, or

purchase any, securities in the Company or as an inducement to make an offer or invitation

with respect to those securities. This presentation contains forecasts, projections and

forward looking information. Such forecasts, projections and information are not a

guarantee of future performance and involve unknown risks and uncertainties, many of

which are out of ROCK’s control. Actual results and developments will almost certainly differ

materially from those expressed or implied. ROCK has not audited or investigated the

accuracy or completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this

presentation. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, ROCK makes no

representation and can give no assurance, guarantee or warranty, express or implied, as to,

and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for (1) the authenticity, validity,

accuracy, suitability or completeness of, or any errors in or omission from, any information,

statement or opinion contained in this presentation and (2) without prejudice to the

generality of the foregoing, the achievement or accuracy of any forecasts, projections or

other forward looking information contained or referred to in this presentation. This overview

of the Company does not purport to be all inclusive or to contain all information which its

recipients may require in order to make an informed assessment of ROCK’s targeted

prospects. You should conduct your own investigation and perform your own analysis in

order to satisfy yourself as to the accuracy and completeness of the information, statements

and opinions contained in this presentation before making any investment decision.

DISCLAIMER

ROCKFIRE 2

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✓Exploring amongst multi-million-ounce gold deposits in

Queensland, Australia;

✓Focussed on near-surface gold projects and large-scale

copper projects;

✓An experienced and successful board of directors;

✓Low-risk, mining-friendly jurisdiction;

✓Early-entry market capitalisation opportunity;

✓A substantial portfolio of 100%-owned projects.

EXPLORING AMONGST GIANTS

ROCKFIRE 3

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CORPORATE SNAP-SHOT

ROCKFIRE 4

AIM Code: ROCKOrdinary Shares (million) 552,552,943

Market Cap (£0.0060) £2.2M

Number of shareholders 144

Percentage of shares not in public hands 16.26%

Gordon Hart Executive Chairman

David Price Managing Director & CEO

Ian Staunton Non-Executive Director

Patrick Elliott Non-Executive Director

Nicholas Walley Non-Executive Director

Edward Fry Exploration Manager

Directors & Management hold 16.26% of ROCK

Directors & Management

Shareholder Shares (M) %Nicholas Walley * 51,465,800 9.31

Michael Somerset-Leeke 51,151,102 9.26

Value Generation/P.& M. Johnson 29,261,985 5.30

Salida Capital (Europe) Limited 14,885,000 2.69

David W Price * 13,600,000 2.46

Edward Fry * 13,000,000 2.35

South Pacific Mining Holdings Limited 11,384,621 2.06

Gordon Hart * 8,823,530 1.60

Patrick Elliott * 2,941,176 0.53

35.56 * denotes directors and management Top 9 shareholders

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• David Price - MD & CEO (B.Sc., FAusIMM)

Geologist, (30 years experience)

• Gordon Hart - Chairman (GAICD)

Equities, Finance, Governance

(+35 years experience)

• Edward Fry – Exploration Manager

(B.Sc. (Hons), MAusIMM)

Geologist, (10 years experience)

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• Ian Staunton - NED

Audit, Corporate Finance

(+40 years experience)

EXPERIENCE IS KEY

ROCKFIRE 5

• Patrick Elliott - NED

Mergers, Acquisitions, Investor

(35 years experience)

• Nicholas Walley - NED

Business, Investor

(35 years experience)

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AUSTRALIA

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QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

ROCKFIRE 7

LIGHTHOUSE TENEMENT

MARENGO TENEMENT

COPPERHEAD TENEMENT

COPPER DOME TENEMENT

KOOKABURRA TENEMENT

MONARCH TENEMENT

NEW LEYSHON TENEMENT

• Plateau• Double Event• Cardigan Dam• Brigalow• Regional

• Native Bee• Brigalow Alluvials

GOLD PROJECTS COPPER PROJECTS

BASE METAL PROJECTS

LIGHTHOUSE TENEMENT

• Rollston River (Zinc, Lead, Silver)• Warrawee (Zinc, Lead, Silver)• Scrubby Dam (Zinc, Lead, Silver)

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LIGHTHOUSE TENEMENT

Owned 100% by Rockfire

Maiden JORC Inferred Resource (July 2019)

1.35mt @ 1.18g/t Au = 51,000 ounces of gold

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STRATEGIC LAND ACCUMULATION

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Double Event

Plateau

Activeprocessing

plant

NEARBY GOLD PROCESSING PLANTS

ROCKFIRE 10

Regional

production

+20m ozs gold

Activeprocessingplant

Activeprocessingplant

Rockfire has no guarantee that use of these facilities will be made available.

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Historical drilling:

• 44m @ 2.4 g/t Au

• 10m @ 5.0 g/t Au

• 8m @ 3.0 g/t Au

• 14m @ 2.4 g/t Au

• 3m @ 4.9 g/t Au

December 2017 drilling:

• 22m @ 1.9 g/t Au + 22.3 g/t Ag

(39m downhole)

• 20m @ 0.5 g/t Au + 2.5 g/t Ag

(16m downhole)

• 10m @ 1.9 g/t Au + 9.0 g/t Ag

(18m downhole)

• 18m @ 1.0 g/t Au + 10.5 g/t Ag

(119m downhole)

RC DRILLING DECEMBER 2017

LIGHTHOUSE - PLATEAU PROJECTOPEN PIT POTENTIAL

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LIGHTHOUSE - PLATEAU PROJECTBRECCIA-HOSTED MODEL

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Geological and mineralisation modelling Surface sampling and drilling

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LIGHTHOUSE - PLATEAU PROJECTMAJOR GOLD INTERSECTION

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Exploration holes

Infill & Extension holes

Exploration holes

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LIGHTHOUSE - PLATEAU PROJECTMT WRIGHT SIMILARITIES

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PLATEAU - breccia

MT WRIGHT - breccia MT WRIGHT – rhyolite

PLATEAU – rhyolite

Mt Wright core photographs sourced from: Nick Lisowiec1, Gregg Morrison2

1Carpentaria Gold / Resolute Mining Ltd, Ravenswood, QLD 2Klondike Exploration Services, Townsville, QLD

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RC DRILLING JUNE 2018

June 2018 drilling:

• 3m @ 2.1 g/t Au and 4 g/t Ag (from 23m)

• 4m @ 1.2 g/t Au and 4 g/t Ag (from 24m)

• 1m @ 6.0 g/t Au and 30 g/t Ag (from 25m)

• 3m @ 1.3g/t Au and 4 g/t Ag (from 10m)

• 2m @ 2.5g/t Au and 5 g/t Ag (from 41m)

• 3m @ 2.7 g/t Au and 7 g/t Ag (from 39m)

LIGHTHOUSE - DOUBLE EVENT PROSPECT EAST VEIN

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RC DRILLING NOVEMBER 2018

November 2018 drilling:

• 5m @ 6.4 g/t Au (from 27m)

• 3m @ 2.9 g/t Au (from 15m)

• 3m @ 1.9 g/t Au (from 31m)

• 2m @ 3.2 g/t Au (from 13m)

• 4m @ 1.8 g/t Au (from 16m)

• 2m @ 1.5 g/t Au (from 21m)

LIGHTHOUSE - DOUBLE EVENT PROSPECT WEST VEIN

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SOIL SAMPLING MAY 2019

LIGHTHOUSE - DOUBLE EVENT PROSPECT WEST VEIN

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3.86 ppm Au

2.34 ppm Au

+100ppb Au50 - 100ppb Au30 - 50ppb Au

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Porphyry copper

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COPPERHEAD TENEMENT

Owned 100% by Rockfire

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COPPERHEAD – LARGE-SCALE PROJECT

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Rockfire Resources

Copperhead Project

Historical Stream Sampling

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Julivon Prospect

+450ppm Cu

+450ppm Cu

• Cu veins discovered in 1970

• Auger drilling in 1971

+100ppm copper-in-soil

3km x 2km

• Highest copper-in-soil is

5,520ppm (0.55% Cu)

• Almost 3% of samples

returned results +0.1% Cu

Listed in the USGS ‘Global Mineral Resource Assessment’

COPPERHEAD – HIGH-GRADE SOILS

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Rockfire ResourcesCopperhead Project

Soil auger geochemistry

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COPPERHEAD – BROAD, SURFACE COPPER ANOMALY

ROCKFIRE 21

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• 5 holes drilled by Carpentaria

Exploration in 1972.

• Core only sporadically

sampled

• Highest values in core

include 2.81% Cu and 12g/t

Ag

• Average copper equivalent

(Cu Eq.) grade from drilling is

0.35%

• 35 million tonnes** of host

rock estimated in 1972

COPPERHEAD – HIGH-GRADE SOILS

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** The historical tonnes and grades are conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the estimation of a Mineral Resource.

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300 ppm Cu

COPPERHEAD – BROAD, SURFACE COPPER ANOMALY

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Porphyry copper

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COPPER DOME TENEMENT

Owned 100% by Rockfire

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• Potentially large-scale mineralised system

• 50km from Copperhead

• Outcrops at surface

• Surface copper anomaly over 2km long and 1km wide;

• Previous diamond drilling has intersected;

o 15.24m @ 0.88 % Cu (including 4.58m @ 2.28 % Cu) from 161m downhole deptho 12.20m @ 0.61 % Cu (including 3.05m @ 1.24 % Cu) from 54m downhole deptho 24.38m @ 0.27 % Cu (including 7.4m @ 0.43% Cu) from 225m downhole depth

• Diamond hole QML004 - 51.20m @ 0.20 g/t Au (from 72m downhole depth)

COPPER DOME – A SECOND LARGE-SCALE PROJECT

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Listed in the USGS ‘Global Mineral Resource Assessment’

COPPER DOME – UNDER-EXPLORED, HIGH-POTENTIAL

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COPPER DOME – HIGH GRADE COPPER, GOLD, SILVER

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SOIL SAMPLING MAY 2019

Copper-in-soil results Gold-in-soil results

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CONTACT

www.rockfireresources.com

[email protected]

Salisbury House, London Wall

London EC2M 5PS, United Kingdom

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